NHPC to generate additional power from Parbati-II, Kishanganga

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7-aug-2017
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National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is scheduled to generate 4458.69 Million Units (MUs) additional power (based on design energy) from two of its present under construction hydro projects, viz., Parbati-II H.E.P (800 MW) in Himachal Pradesh, scheduled to be commissioned in October 2018 and Kishanganga H.E.P (330 MW) in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled to be commissioned in January 2018, informed Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal.

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is scheduled to generate 4458.69 Million Units (MUs) additional power (based on design energy) from two of its present under construction hydro projects, viz., Parbati-II H.E.P (800 MW) in Himachal Pradesh, scheduled to be commissioned in October 2018 and Kishanganga H.E.P (330 MW) in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled to be commissioned in January 2018, informed Minister of tate (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal.

Informing about the status of progress of hydro-electric projects in the country, Goyal stated that presently 41 H.E.P. (above 25 MW), aggregating to 11792.5 MW, are under construction in the country.

All the above projects are running behind schedule due to various reasons including natural calamities, geological factors, delays in forest clearances & land acquisition and law & order problems, said the Minister adding that the government is taking a series of steps for expeditious commissioning of pending projects.

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